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simon, let me start with you. you had nothing to gain by doing this. the u.s. team had already been knocked out of the competition. so why did you do it? >> well, the previous week, i had won my first world championship title, so i had nothing to gain from this, but my coach was adamant that i do this for him. >> and why was that? you had mentioned in early reports you felt you were singled out because of your heritage, because you were korean, you were both korean, you and your coach? >> yes, that played a big role. our cultural background. but our coach say su believed that the canadians fixed a race, which eliminated us and he was very disappointed and bitter about that. >> we mentioned earlier, your coach denies telling you to tamper with the skates. do you have any proof? are there any witnesses to back up your claim? did anyone hear your coach ask you to do this? >> when he initially asked me, he asked me in english and i was with my teammate jeff simon at the time. >> and jeff heard him say this? >> yes. >> let me ask you this. your coach -- you say your
simon, let me start with you. you had nothing to gain by doing this. the u.s. team had already been knocked out of the competition. so why did you do it? >> well, the previous week, i had won my first world championship title, so i had nothing to gain from this, but my coach was adamant that i do this for him. >> and why was that? you had mentioned in early reports you felt you were singled out because of your heritage, because you were korean, you were both korean, you and your...
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we are at the neil simon, but we are here to talk about you right now. >> you are an exterminator. >> i'm german. >> explain your character. >> it's the little guys. >> tell bus your character a little bit. >> well, he has raised in a family that wanted to help jus during the war. or even before the war. he goes through a great deal. his father was a very religious man, believed intensely in god. both his parents get killed during the war and he's been made to commit an unspeakable act by the nazis. so he denies god as we find initially in the play. a series of events unfolds. i won't say he finds god, but he finds something. >> maybe a little redemption along the way, huh? >> he gets the redemption. >> don't you think all great art has redemption at its core? look at dickens, all the great writers, tolstoy? in the end there is some sort of redemption or you feel unsatisfied with the book. >> "les miserables." >> are you enjoying your time on the stage? most people know you probably from tv. >> what i find fascinating about the sage, and they always said this repeatedly, it's differen
we are at the neil simon, but we are here to talk about you right now. >> you are an exterminator. >> i'm german. >> explain your character. >> it's the little guys. >> tell bus your character a little bit. >> well, he has raised in a family that wanted to help jus during the war. or even before the war. he goes through a great deal. his father was a very religious man, believed intensely in god. both his parents get killed during the war and he's been made...
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i guess simon was the front man. >> definitely got a lot of attention for a bass player, not what i had in mind. i was in a quiet spot in the corner of the stage, but, yeah. >> you were in a moment in the '80s were videos were the thing, and you -- this band really captured and embodied that moment. when we look at "rio" or "hungry like the wolf," right here, were there stylers and producers or was this all you guys? >> we had done it very cheaply. the four of us had gone on a vacation together and the film crew came and jumped on the back end of the vacation. sri lanka, stopped off on the way to australia. they were made on a shoestring, those videos >> you mentioned a couple of moments ago your struggle with addiction. this was the '80s. you were the hottest rock star in the world. there must have been temptations everywhere. >> there was temptation everywhere, yes, but, i mean, for the most part it was -- yeah, i mean, you know, you just get involved. part of telling of the story was -- was like i think in a way if you had been there, would you have done it, too. you know, i had a wo
i guess simon was the front man. >> definitely got a lot of attention for a bass player, not what i had in mind. i was in a quiet spot in the corner of the stage, but, yeah. >> you were in a moment in the '80s were videos were the thing, and you -- this band really captured and embodied that moment. when we look at "rio" or "hungry like the wolf," right here, were there stylers and producers or was this all you guys? >> we had done it very cheaply. the four...
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anyway, she had a baby with her boyfriend named simon, and she's 34. he is 38. >> good for her. >> everybody is talking about this. there's a weather man who apparently did something crazy on the air. >> we don't know what it is. >> we haven't seen it, but it's been circulating, so let's watch. >> this is a tropical storm. why are you showing me this? because john is going to move north. the moisture from john goes over. the spin, the storm itself will turn into a depression. nothing really to worry about as far as wind goes, but watch where the precipitation will go. some of it will head up towards the west. some of it will -- [ laughing ] >> oh, my god. oh, no, indeed. why are you showing us that? we don't know. oh. >> oh. anyway, now, saturday night live apparently was fantastic. bruno mars was hosting it, and very rarely do they have the host also be the musical guest, but i guess loren michaels says let's get you for both because he is amazing. >> it's the highest rated "snl" of the season. >> good for him. >> there was a bit. we were talking abou
anyway, she had a baby with her boyfriend named simon, and she's 34. he is 38. >> good for her. >> everybody is talking about this. there's a weather man who apparently did something crazy on the air. >> we don't know what it is. >> we haven't seen it, but it's been circulating, so let's watch. >> this is a tropical storm. why are you showing me this? because john is going to move north. the moisture from john goes over. the spin, the storm itself will turn into a...
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>> stand up, that's the opening number of "scandalous," which miraculously is opening at the neil simon theater tomorrow night for previews on west 52nd street. >> can you believe it? >> no. i want to thank all of our crew here. >> we want to show our crew. they decided to deck out. pull it down, all the way down. we only had mediums. only mediums. >> he looks like winnie the pooh. >> anyways, you can get tickets if you go to broadway.com. >> scandalous @broadway.com. >> you do know. because it's previews and we're watching it all come together, they are two for one. >> bring a friend, especially if you have a friend that might be hurting a little bit. people seem to find hope in this film, which is great. >> absolutely. >> anyway, hoda, how are you, you're coming? >> saturday night, we're all going to be there with bells on. it's going to be a fun party. >> hopefully, i can announce people on monday people can have lunch and have a glass of wine with you and i on wines day wednesday. >> anyway, there is something in the social cues column that we found kind of interesting. this is what
>> stand up, that's the opening number of "scandalous," which miraculously is opening at the neil simon theater tomorrow night for previews on west 52nd street. >> can you believe it? >> no. i want to thank all of our crew here. >> we want to show our crew. they decided to deck out. pull it down, all the way down. we only had mediums. only mediums. >> he looks like winnie the pooh. >> anyways, you can get tickets if you go to broadway.com. >>...
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neil simon theater. >> first preview. we'll work out the kinks. you are a big part of the process and i thank you all so much. >> we don't usually start off the show apologizing. >> i am not going to do it today. when i do something wrong i will apologize. >> we talked about lindsay lohan yesterday and people didn't like it. >> she made news, is the problem. we don't want to have to talk about lindsay lohan. we wished we didn't have to. we wish this young woman and her mother would both go into rehab, get the help they need, go on to live wonderful, fruitful, beautiful lives, but as long as they keep making news, it behooves us at nbc news to report it. we don't want to. >> here is what happened. let's get into the juicy details. they got into a fight at the club. they went out to long island to the mom's house. there was a fight that ensued. lindsay called her father, okay? >> this is unbelievable. >> what the father did after listening to this, i guess she said her mother is on cocaine, according to this, and is the f'ing devil right now. her da
neil simon theater. >> first preview. we'll work out the kinks. you are a big part of the process and i thank you all so much. >> we don't usually start off the show apologizing. >> i am not going to do it today. when i do something wrong i will apologize. >> we talked about lindsay lohan yesterday and people didn't like it. >> she made news, is the problem. we don't want to have to talk about lindsay lohan. we wished we didn't have to. we wish this young woman and...
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that's the neil simon theater. >> opening number. >> look at the posse we came to watch. >> i was so moved by that. >> that's joanne's husband in the forefront. >> meant the world to me, director, jimmy. >> gallagher's steakhouse down the street. it was really convenient, a transvestite show just opened too. >> there's tammie. >> when you come to see "scandalous" and just down the block is lucky changs with all the drag queens. >> you can make it a double feature. >> it was so great. >> one guy said oh, there's a drag queen playing kathie lee. i said, i am kathie lee. it's crazy. jersey boys is across the street. >> i took a picture with them. look. look at the drag queens. if anything's scandalous, it's that. >> they opened the same night, which is hysterical, but our dance captain, a member of our cast, said the day of she was walking down the street and two ladies walked by, "scandalous," yeah, that's the show kathie lee and hoda wrote. >> i'm getting so much credit for this whole thing. i was literally welcoming everyone to the show as if it were my wedding. >> here's the thing i
that's the neil simon theater. >> opening number. >> look at the posse we came to watch. >> i was so moved by that. >> that's joanne's husband in the forefront. >> meant the world to me, director, jimmy. >> gallagher's steakhouse down the street. it was really convenient, a transvestite show just opened too. >> there's tammie. >> when you come to see "scandalous" and just down the block is lucky changs with all the drag queens. >>...